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you don't have a presentation for us; right? >> (inaudible). >> oh it's something else. hopefully we didn't need a presentation. any other comments or questions from the board? all right. roll call. >> ms. wong. >> yes. >> thank you. ms. feweer. >> yes. >> mr. haney. >> yes. >> ms. maufas. >> yes. >> dr. murase. >> yes. >> ms. wynns. >> i'm sorry. did you hear me? i said aye. >> ms. norton. >> yes. >> seven aye's. >> all right. item i board members proposals. there are none tonight and it's everybody's favorite part of the meeting. item j, request to speak for general matters. i have a number of cards. i'm going to read your name. i tried to group them by -- there are some groups here tonight. first card eric smith when i believe just spoke out of turn but i'm not sure. was that mr. smith? okay. i don't believe there is another eric -- >> [inaudible] >> reverend smith. okay. eric smith doesn't seem to be getting to the podium. all right. (calling speakers). you will each have two minutes to speak. >> steve seldz swrer. we on a little out burst today about what is going o
you don't have a presentation for us; right? >> (inaudible). >> oh it's something else. hopefully we didn't need a presentation. any other comments or questions from the board? all right. roll call. >> ms. wong. >> yes. >> thank you. ms. feweer. >> yes. >> mr. haney. >> yes. >> ms. maufas. >> yes. >> dr. murase. >> yes. >> ms. wynns. >> i'm sorry. did you hear me? i said aye. >> ms. norton. >> yes....
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with us. ms. guzman. [applause] jeff ang. [applause] and i want to let you know that our group is wom comprised of parents and student and staff and one of the cochairs this year angelina wae. [applause] the student members have been very integral of bringing the work that we do and we're appreciative of that as well. jennifer vega. is she here tonight? abigail [inaudible], another student and victor tam. not here tonight unfortunately, and another student rain delasic. [applause] >> thank you. michael rhymer. dr. michael rhymer. bill capinhagen. [applause] >> mary ju. mary ju is our other co-chair this year providing effective leadership. brian fox. [applause] thank you and we also have the pleasure of two members of the board of education, former members, one of which is mr. matthew haney. [applause] and the other is student delegate windy ly who is not here tonight but windy was one of the members last year. we also want to give a shout out to four people that were on the peace kag last spr
with us. ms. guzman. [applause] jeff ang. [applause] and i want to let you know that our group is wom comprised of parents and student and staff and one of the cochairs this year angelina wae. [applause] the student members have been very integral of bringing the work that we do and we're appreciative of that as well. jennifer vega. is she here tonight? abigail [inaudible], another student and victor tam. not here tonight unfortunately, and another student rain delasic. [applause] >>...
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thank you for the lease that you gave us last year and they have come back to join us this year and we cannot thank you enough. >> superintendent carranza, thank you for the things that have you done and spoke for us over and over again, we thank you for your support. superintendent, shorts, thank you to our print shop staff, thank you. what is the good news? 2013 is a great year for african americans, why is that >> because from january first, we celebrate the sign of the emancipation proclamation. why? because we celebrate the 50th anniversary on the march on washington for our people and dr. king's famous i have a dream speech. why is it important to us, because next wednesday at 6:00, at saint marry's cathedral, more than 1200 students of african american decent will be honored at our celebration. give that a hand. >> a couple of months ago, superintendent carranza joined us for the naac, p banquet, i know that will be warmly received by the african american community because he will be our guest speaker, give that a hand. the students will receive an incentive and the 4.0 students
thank you for the lease that you gave us last year and they have come back to join us this year and we cannot thank you enough. >> superintendent carranza, thank you for the things that have you done and spoke for us over and over again, we thank you for your support. superintendent, shorts, thank you to our print shop staff, thank you. what is the good news? 2013 is a great year for african americans, why is that >> because from january first, we celebrate the sign of the...
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you will be the facilities use agreement that accompanies each of those offer us and will be able to review and ratify those agreements sometime after may 1 whtd process is finished. >> i have one speaker card on this item. i'm not sure if she is still here. hillary harmsome. thank you. >> thank you so much for your time tonight. good evening president norton, superintendent and commissioners and district staff. i am hillary harmsome. good pronunciation. i am with the charter school association and behalf to speak for the member schools and our concern about the proposed increase. as a professional organization for charterer public schools our role is help charters navigate their unique challenges. two challenges that come up again and again they receive less money than traditional schools and limited access to affordable quality facilities. they're public school students and observe equitable access to facilities and they're required to provide the facilities equal to other schools. historical sfusd has offered fair rates on to schools with facilities and allowing them to have a hea
you will be the facilities use agreement that accompanies each of those offer us and will be able to review and ratify those agreements sometime after may 1 whtd process is finished. >> i have one speaker card on this item. i'm not sure if she is still here. hillary harmsome. thank you. >> thank you so much for your time tonight. good evening president norton, superintendent and commissioners and district staff. i am hillary harmsome. good pronunciation. i am with the charter school...
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facility use fees. mr. superintendent, do you have a staff person? >> yes president norton i would like to ask michael davis to please come up and take us through this item. >> thank you. good evening superintendent, commissioners. my prior agreement i think deputy superintendent lee wanted to start. never mind. i will do it myself. what you have before you is an information item regarding pro rata share fees that we allowed to charge our charter schools that receive property from us under prop 39. we've had the same fee of 95 cents per square foot for over five years. it was last reviewed in 2009-10 and we kept it at that same amount then. various groups from departments have reviewed the fees in line with the regulations in title v of the california code of regulations that stipulate how we can calculate the fee, so the basic framework is that we looked at the entire square footage of school facilities in the district inventory. we looked at the total unrestricted fund cost applicable to those facilities and come up with a per square foot fee we co
facility use fees. mr. superintendent, do you have a staff person? >> yes president norton i would like to ask michael davis to please come up and take us through this item. >> thank you. good evening superintendent, commissioners. my prior agreement i think deputy superintendent lee wanted to start. never mind. i will do it myself. what you have before you is an information item regarding pro rata share fees that we allowed to charge our charter schools that receive property from...
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schools would need to divert funds that are used for teachers and books and learning materials. the proposed increase to $2.79 would further widen the gap between traditional public schools and charter schools. while charter schools are publicly funded stpds show they're significant lie under funded compared to traditional schools. in conclusion we respect that charter schools asking for facilities be provided with the legal rational for the 180 increase and we would greatly appreciate the opportunity to talk about the rational and impact of the increase. we understand there are numerous costs with facilities and maintenance and we look for that and the anticipate costs over the next few years. thank you very much. >> thank you. any questions or comments from board members? >> commissioner, this increase will eventually in the two years amount to how much money? >> in the current year we will collect exclusive of metro because they're not under prop 39 but we have a five year lease from them. we will collect about $270,000 so in the following year we go to 550 and after that go
schools would need to divert funds that are used for teachers and books and learning materials. the proposed increase to $2.79 would further widen the gap between traditional public schools and charter schools. while charter schools are publicly funded stpds show they're significant lie under funded compared to traditional schools. in conclusion we respect that charter schools asking for facilities be provided with the legal rational for the 180 increase and we would greatly appreciate the...
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she is not here with us and she is a very shy woman. but we accept this recognition on her behalf and she has dedicated 20 years of service for our schools and is instrumental in taking care of the nuts and bolts of the day-to-day work related to the pieces that make our library function, smoothly. rochele and michelle have spearheaded the great work that we have been able to do with our school libraries they have provided meaningful professional development opportunities, and direct sight support to 70 teacher lie brae ans through 103 schools in our district. they have led them in the roles as teachers, library program managers, information specialists, site leaders and industrial partners. they are highly esteemed by the teacher librarians and also by the cross-departmental peers with whom they willingly share their expertise. they are very deserving of this recognition, for providing excellent leadership, guidance and support, to teacher librarians and creating collaboration as we advance the literacy efforts in our district. [ appla
she is not here with us and she is a very shy woman. but we accept this recognition on her behalf and she has dedicated 20 years of service for our schools and is instrumental in taking care of the nuts and bolts of the day-to-day work related to the pieces that make our library function, smoothly. rochele and michelle have spearheaded the great work that we have been able to do with our school libraries they have provided meaningful professional development opportunities, and direct sight...
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and how, the survey works and what the survey results would be used for. >> okay. commissioner wynns could we have a report from the budget and service meeting of february 6th. >> yes, thank you, the committee met and we reviewed kind of the as we do routinely administratively approved. >> excuse me one second. i am sorry, could we take the conversation outside please? there has been a request to keep the conversation outside, please? thank you. >> you may continue. >> and honestly explaining the process for the benefit of commissioner haney which is good for all of us to review that, i appreciate it. >> but mainly we talked about the update on the state budget. we all believe and hope that the state budget with the passage of prop 30 and the beginning of the rebounding of the economy in california, will continue to be significantly better than we anticipated it might be for next year and the coming years. so we have some new projections about the or about our anticipated balances and did all of the members of the board get those? >> yes? >> so you all received the
and how, the survey works and what the survey results would be used for. >> okay. commissioner wynns could we have a report from the budget and service meeting of february 6th. >> yes, thank you, the committee met and we reviewed kind of the as we do routinely administratively approved. >> excuse me one second. i am sorry, could we take the conversation outside please? there has been a request to keep the conversation outside, please? thank you. >> you may continue....
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efforts the pac hopes that part of the role and responsibilities of this new supervisor will be to use the off track data to establish concrete time lines and clear messages of interventions and measurage out comes to correspond to the students who are off track to extremely off track to help them get back on track and to monitor the data of interventions that are working in each of these categories. no. also to establish a process of current and future enrollment, both ken ralized and site based as well as to monitor the success rates and attendance records. we also hope that there will be some identification and standardization of stages of intervention for recovery within each course as each reporting period happens and not waiting until the end of the class when a child is failing. we recognize that developing systems and structures is a complicated process, the pac members support the district in comprehending a plan with the urgent situation with the students being off track and the longer term strategies to resolve the barriers to graduation that impacts so many students. we loo
efforts the pac hopes that part of the role and responsibilities of this new supervisor will be to use the off track data to establish concrete time lines and clear messages of interventions and measurage out comes to correspond to the students who are off track to extremely off track to help them get back on track and to monitor the data of interventions that are working in each of these categories. no. also to establish a process of current and future enrollment, both ken ralized and site...
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use of chemotherapy for cancer happened here. the cracking of the genetic code happened here. figuring out how to make the blood supply safe from hepatitis and hiv which we all take for granded happened here. >> reporter: it could mean layoffs at nih. >> we will do everything we can to try not to furlough or lay off employees, but of course we can't make any promises. >> reporter: as for sanchez, she's looking forward to going home, but she knows how important funding is no nih. >> i don't know what i would do without the doctors and researchers and scientists. i'm only here today because of them. i would be in a grave, bones and dust. >>> sequestration would mean a 1.5 billion cut for nih, because 80% of that money goes out to research facilities around the country, the cuts would be felt in every state. there are tens of thousands just in the d.c. area who depends on their jobs and medical treatment. >> it's good to have you sitting on the set. mark comes to you from wtop, and we're very happy to have you are here after listeni
use of chemotherapy for cancer happened here. the cracking of the genetic code happened here. figuring out how to make the blood supply safe from hepatitis and hiv which we all take for granded happened here. >> reporter: it could mean layoffs at nih. >> we will do everything we can to try not to furlough or lay off employees, but of course we can't make any promises. >> reporter: as for sanchez, she's looking forward to going home, but she knows how important funding is no...
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but after one day's use, dishcloths can redeposit millions of germs. so ditch your dishcloth and switch to a fresh sheet of new bounty duratowel. look! a fresh sheet of bounty duratowel leaves this surface cleaner than a germy dishcloth, as this black light reveals. it's durable, cloth-like and it's 3 times cleaner. so ditch your dishcloth and switch to new bounty duratowel. the durable, cloth-like picker-upper. so ditch your dishcloth and switch to new bounty duratowel. to find you a great deal, even if it's not with us. [ ding ] oh, that's helpful! well, our company does that, too. actually, we invented that. it's like a sauna in here. helping you save, even if it's not with us -- now, that's progressive! call or click today. no mas pantalones! >>> a routine car fire exposes the steady nerves of an l.a. fireman. >> they were getting so close to the car. it was something dangerous for sure. >> august 19th, 2011. a parked car bursts into flames on a los angeles street, and firefighters quickly respond to the call. john sees it and films the scene below
but after one day's use, dishcloths can redeposit millions of germs. so ditch your dishcloth and switch to a fresh sheet of new bounty duratowel. look! a fresh sheet of bounty duratowel leaves this surface cleaner than a germy dishcloth, as this black light reveals. it's durable, cloth-like and it's 3 times cleaner. so ditch your dishcloth and switch to new bounty duratowel. the durable, cloth-like picker-upper. so ditch your dishcloth and switch to new bounty duratowel. to find you a great...
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a breeze cold night and cold wind for us tomorrow. and we'll keep our temperature at 38 degrees, feeling like it's in the 20s and the breezes. the sunshine will be back and thursday, also on the chilly side for this time of the year, the average high is 47 now and 41 on thursday and with a good amount of sun once again. what will we expect to see tomorrow with the sunshine is wrap around snow from the lakes and that is continuing to peel up in western pennsylvania and for thursday, sunny and chilly. there is some moisture on radar and that does not get in here until friday. friday, could be an interesting and challenging forecast day because we may see this starting as a mix of rain, freezeing rain and some snow on friday. and then some changing over to rain and tonight, 32 degrees and clouds decreasing. and that is a nice looking day tomorrow, 38 degrees and winds out of the northwest at 15 to 25 occasionally gusting to 30 miles an hour and that is a temperature tomorrow of 38 degrees and you will need to bundle up for that and what
a breeze cold night and cold wind for us tomorrow. and we'll keep our temperature at 38 degrees, feeling like it's in the 20s and the breezes. the sunshine will be back and thursday, also on the chilly side for this time of the year, the average high is 47 now and 41 on thursday and with a good amount of sun once again. what will we expect to see tomorrow with the sunshine is wrap around snow from the lakes and that is continuing to peel up in western pennsylvania and for thursday, sunny and...
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and i use that as my place to vent and talk about anything. if somebody has had a particularly severe depression i might tell them, "i think you should stay on medication long-term, for many years, possibly for life." the medications we have now, the newer drugs, are pretty transparent to most patients. they can't tell they're taking them, there are minimal side effects and no long-term risks to taking the medication. so there really is very little downside to staying on the medications. i told my girlfriend, i said, "i feel like i'm on the edge of a cliff and i can fall off at any time," you know. and that i do kind of stumble and fall, but with the help of my medications, i don't fall so far and stay so long. mood disorders are just one category of mental illness. another is dementia-- when people experience impaired cognitive functioning, memory loss, delusions. dementia can be caused by brain injuries and tumors, or it can be part of the aging process, as in alzheimer's disease. one form of dementia is the thought disorder, schizophrenia.
and i use that as my place to vent and talk about anything. if somebody has had a particularly severe depression i might tell them, "i think you should stay on medication long-term, for many years, possibly for life." the medications we have now, the newer drugs, are pretty transparent to most patients. they can't tell they're taking them, there are minimal side effects and no long-term risks to taking the medication. so there really is very little downside to staying on the...
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eventually we didn't leave because we knew the smoke was blowing away from us. it did make me a little bit nervous. >> after enduring six hours of punishing heat and flames, firefighters almost completely contain the blaze. its results. the air quality is not a threat to the community. >> our personnel were there for approximately five, almost six hours before we cleared it. we determined there was nothing above the threshold limit value. there were nuisance odors but there was nothing above what would be considered a hazard. >> all the employee escape without any injuries, but the magnablend plant is in ruins. the devastation so complete, the story is covered on the national news. >> in texas, a huge chemical fire is still burning tonight about 30 miles south of dallas. >> a massive ground cleanup begins immediately after the accident. workers rush to contain contaminated water and other chemicals to prevent them from running off into sewers. >> so we turned it over to the privatentities that brought out their back trucks and soil remediation equipment. they'll
eventually we didn't leave because we knew the smoke was blowing away from us. it did make me a little bit nervous. >> after enduring six hours of punishing heat and flames, firefighters almost completely contain the blaze. its results. the air quality is not a threat to the community. >> our personnel were there for approximately five, almost six hours before we cleared it. we determined there was nothing above the threshold limit value. there were nuisance odors but there was...
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as i said earlier, he used stronger language than i've seen him use in the past. he seems to be arguing with doing away with sequestration entirely. he said given the pace of the economic growth, this additional near's term burden on the recovery is significant, besides having adverse effect on jobs. it could lead to less actual deficit reduction. he urges to address this problem, congress and administration should consider replacing the sharp front-loaded spending cuts required by the sequestration with policies that lower the federal deficit gradually. he doesn't often give direct advice to the congress and the administration, but in this case he seems to be going further than he has in the past on this issue. >> it's two-edged what he's saying for the market. on the one hand he's playing up the prospects of the need for qe, and reducing the tail risk from the withdrawal from that. this is a severe economic warning when he talks about significant headwinds. >> right. >> if the sequester is triggered in what he just described to you as glacial pace of recovery. t
as i said earlier, he used stronger language than i've seen him use in the past. he seems to be arguing with doing away with sequestration entirely. he said given the pace of the economic growth, this additional near's term burden on the recovery is significant, besides having adverse effect on jobs. it could lead to less actual deficit reduction. he urges to address this problem, congress and administration should consider replacing the sharp front-loaded spending cuts required by the...
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we use a cutoff of 1.5. to get to 1.5 on a price of sales for the dow jones, the market would have to move up another 17%. what you were just talking about before you came to me was the ten-year u.s. government is paying almost 2%. the dow jones as a whole, those 30 companies, the yield is 2.5%. the tax consequences are a lot different, say, on dividends than they are in ordinary income. so i think the market has a lot of room to grow. people don't believe in it. you know, david, when you start to talk to individual investors, they're still scared we're going back to march of '09. >> i'm curious about what your conversations are like, neil. we hear there's finally movement into equity mutual funds like your own in terms of funds, outflows taking place for years. but what's your sense of the psychology of that investor base that is so important to you? is there a lot more behind it that they just don't want to get there yet? and will we ever get back to anything approaching what we used to see? >> well, i thi
we use a cutoff of 1.5. to get to 1.5 on a price of sales for the dow jones, the market would have to move up another 17%. what you were just talking about before you came to me was the ten-year u.s. government is paying almost 2%. the dow jones as a whole, those 30 companies, the yield is 2.5%. the tax consequences are a lot different, say, on dividends than they are in ordinary income. so i think the market has a lot of room to grow. people don't believe in it. you know, david, when you start...
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we monitor that what we get works for us, can be intaughted on the building the way it should be and force them to go to the architect and get it approved. we can get you that information but i personally don't have it at hand. >> thank you. >> roll call please. >> on 10, 11, 12. >> yes. >> yes. >> >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> aye. >> thank you and ms. norton. >> yes. >> seven aye's. >> thank you. okay. we will move on to item q, superintendent's proposals first reading. can i hear a motion and a second for guiding principles regarding practices for the san francisco unified school district. item listed here. >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. this item will be referred to the rules committee for consideration, and i believe that is it for item q. item r board member proproposals and there are none tonight. next item i will read the stapding committee and read them into the record so for the year business service will be chaird by commissioner wynns and commissioner haney and mendoza will be members. buildings grounds and service be chaired by commissioner mendoza and vice mayor few
we monitor that what we get works for us, can be intaughted on the building the way it should be and force them to go to the architect and get it approved. we can get you that information but i personally don't have it at hand. >> thank you. >> roll call please. >> on 10, 11, 12. >> yes. >> yes. >> >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> aye. >> thank you and ms. norton. >> yes. >> seven aye's. >> thank you. okay. we will...